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JAMES C. POTTER, OF LOWELL, ASSIGNOR TO THE ATHERTON MACHINE COMPANY, OFTEWKSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,524, dated November6, 1888.

Application filed December 31, 1885.

.To 60% whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, J AMES C. POTTER, of Lowell, in the State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSpinningMachines for the Manufacture of Yarn or Thread from Cotton orother Fibrous Materials, of which the following is a specification.

My invention, while designed more particularly with reference to theneeds of speeders, is applicable also to analogous machines, and it hasparticular relation to what is termed the builder motion-that is to say,the movements by which the bobbins are wound. It is of course requisiteto give determinate shape to the bobbins, and this, in connection withthe fact that the bobbins gradually increase in diameter as they arewound, renders it necessary to provide for differential motion, as it istermed, of the spindles, as well as for agraduation of the up-and-downmovement.

My invention consists in certain improvements,hereinaft-er specificallydescribed,in the mechanism by which these motions are controlled anddetermined, my main object being to obtaimas far as practicable, apositive connection between the belt-fork which governs the-position ofthe belt on the cone-drums and the controlling devices which regulateboth the action of said fork as well as also the upand-down movement ofthe spindle-rail, and also to provide meansby which the movement canreadily be adjusted for the production of one, two, three, or more hankbobbins.

My invention can best be explained and understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, prior to the description of which I would remarkthat to a better understanding of the invention I have deemed itadvisable to represent to extenso that portion of a speederframecontaining the parts more immediately affected by my improvements,omitting, however, some of the shafting, gearing, &c.,which, while foundin practice on said portion of the frame, are not essential for thepurposes of this specification.

The portion of the machine referred to is of too great length to beadequately illustrated on a single sheet, and it is therefore embracedin three sheets-Figures 1, 2, and 3.

"movement of the flap-lever.

Serial No. 187,236. (No model.)

The view in these three figures is a rear elevationthat is to say, anelevation from the side opposite that on which the spindle and fliersare situated. In viewing these three figures, Fig. 2 should be placed inthe center, with Fig. 1 on its right and Fig. 3 on its left. Fig. 3 hason its right a portion of the gearing represented in full at the leftupper end of Fig. 2. Fig. 4

is a side elevation, partly in section, of the reversinggearing shown onthe left of Fig. 3, looking at the same from the right of the figure,the cross-framing of the machine being broken away in part, so as todisclose the gearing. Fig. 5 is a plan of a portion of said 6 5reversing-gearing with the cross-framing in section. Fig. 6 is avertical cross-section through the conedrums to the right of thebelt-fork in Fig. 2, showing in side elevation some of themotiontransmitting gearing, with a portion of the cross-framing brokenaway. Fig. 7 is a side elevation, on enlarged scale, of

a portion of the reverse-shaft and the shoe and parts connectedtherewith for controlling the throw of said shaft, the actuating-shaftof the 7: shoe being represented in crOsssection. Fig.

8 is a plan of said parts. Fig. 9 is a plan, partly diagrammatic, of theflap-lever, hereinafter referred to, and the parts in connection withwhich it operates. Fig. 10 isa crosssec- 8c tion through that arm of theflap-lever which carries the tapered or wedge-shaped retainingpiece.Fig. 11 is an enlarged side elevation, partly in section, of thereverseshaft-controlling device and adjoining mechanism, looking at themfrom the right in Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a rear elevation, partly insection, of the device for adjusting both the belt-fork and also thedogs carried by the slide for controlling the Figs. 13, 14, 15, 9o 16,17, and 18 are enlarged views, to be hereinafter referred to, of detailsof the mechanism illnstrated in Fig. 12.

A is the driving or flier shaft, which drives the fliers A in the usualway, and also com- 5 municates motion to the other parts of the machine.

B is the spindle-shaft, which drives the spindles B in the usual way.The differential motion of said spindle-shaft, rendered neces 10o saryby the increase in the diameter of the bobbins during the windingoperation, is accomplished as follows:

Gear 1 on driving-shaft A drives an intermediate, 2, which in turndrives gear 3, fast on the shaft of cone-drum 4. Gone 4 drives reversedcone 5 by belt 6. On the axle of cone 5 is gear 7 ,which meshes with anddrives the compound intermediate 8 9. 9 drives gear 10, which is fast onshaft 11. On said shaft 11 is another gear, 12, which drives gear 13,fastened on shaft 14-, and on shaft 14 are carried a pair of beveledgears, 15, (only one of which appears in Fig. 3,) which are mountedloosely on studs projecting radially from the shaft 14. Returning to theshaft A, another gear, 16, is fastened on it, which drives compound spurand beveled gear 17 18, loose on shaft 14, beveled gear 18 meshing withand driving gears 15. Loose on shaft 14, on the other side of gears 15,is another compound beveled and spur gear, 19 20, the beveled gear19.meshing with and driven by gear 15, while the spur 20 meshes with anddrives gear 21, fastened on the spindle-shaf t B. The motion of thespindle-shaft is thus the resultant of two motionsthe one invariable,transmitted from the shaft A directly to the beveled gear 18, the othervariable, transmitted indirectly from the same source through thecone-drums, the variability of this latter motion being due to theshifting of the belt upon the cones.

Gis the rack-shaft by which the spindle-carrying rail 0 is raised orlowered,according to the direction of rotation of said shaft. The railcarries two or more vertical racks, which engage with correspondingpinions, C fastened on the rack-shaft. The reversinggearing for rotatingthis shaft alternately in one and the other direction is as follows: Onshaft 14 is mounted a sleeve, 22, connected therewith by aspline-and-groove connection, so that while rotating with said shaft itmay slide lengthwise thereon. On said sleeve are fastened twobevel-gears, 23 24, one or the other of which (according to the positionof the sleeve) engages and drives a beveled gear, 25, fast on a verticalstud or shaft supported in a proper bearing, 26, and having on its lowerend another beveled gear, 27. The latter gear drives beveled gear 28,which is loose on shaft 0, and fast to gear 28 is a long pinion, 29,which drives spur-gear 30, fastened on shaft 31. On shaft 31 is anothergear, 32, which drives gear 33, fastened on rack-shaft G. Sleeve.

22 is moved so as to bring its gears 23 24 alternately in engagementwith gear 25 by means of a shipper-fork, 34, whose arms straddle thesleeve and enter an annular groove therein in the usual way. The fork isattached to the upper end of the vertical rock bar or shaft 35,connected at its lower end by an arm, 36, to the longitudinallymovablereverse-shaft or shipping-rod D. This shaft D is moved alternately inopposite directions by the action of a grooved scroll-cam, 37, onrack-shaft O, in

end down between two washers, 42 43, loose' on the rod D. Between eachwasher and collars 44 and 45, fast on the rod D, are confined spiralsprings 46 and 47, one or the other of said springs being compressed,according to the direction of movement of the shoe 39. A detent (whichneed not now be described) retains the rod in position while the springis being compressed until at a predetermined time the detent is removedand the rod at once is free to move in the direction in which theexpansion of the spring tends to force it. In the drawings, Fig. 3, thegear-23 engages gear 25, and the rackshaft G is thereby rotated in adirection to compress spring 46. The reverseshaft D, as soon asreleased, will thereby be forced to the left, thus throwing the gear 23out of and the gear 24 into engagement with gear 25, thereby reversingthe rotation of the rack shaft and causing the scroll-cam to move theshoe 39 in a direction to compress spring 47.

The rate of traverse of the spindle-rail 0 must of course be varied toconform the movement to different sizes of yarn. If, for instance, themovement be such as to lay the folds of coils of a given size side byside, the same movement would cause the coils of a larger size of yarnto overlap. In other words, the same rate of traverse which would answerfor winding a threehank bobbin would not answer for winding a one, two,or four hank bobbin. To provide for this the gear 27 is made thechange-gear-that is, this gear is interchangeable with others having agreater or less number of teeth, as requiredand the hub on which thecompound pinion and beveled gear 28 29 is mounted to revolve is adjustable longitudinally of shaft 0, so as to adapt the gear 28 to meshwith change-gear 27 ,whatever may be the variation in the size of thelatter; and the pinion 29is made long,so as to permit it to partake ofthis movement of adjustment without being moved out of engagement withspur-wheel 30.

The foregoing general description of the machine is necessary to abetterunderstanding of my invention; but in the parts thus far described thereis no substantial novelty, the spring-acting reverse-shaft orshipping-rod and parts immediately connected therewith being insubstance like those described in Letters Patent No. 84,764, of December8, 1868, while the devices for giving movement to the spindles andfliers are substantially similar to those that have heretofore been inuse for like purposes.

I come now to those parts of the machine in which my improvements aremoreparticularly to be found, and shall first describe the means bywhich a positive connection is es- ICC IIS

tablished between the cone-belt shipper-fork and the mechanism by whichmotion is imparted to the same.

In the present instance the belt-fork (shown at E in Fig. 2, and also inFig. 6) is positively actuated from the shaft of the power'driven uppercone-drum, 4., as being the shaft most conveniently located for thepurpose. Said fork has an internally-screw-threaded hub, which ismounted on the rotatable screwthreaded shaft 48 in such manner that thefork will be moved longitudinally of the shaft in one direction or theother, according to the direction of rotation of said shaft. Themovement of the belt-fork is of course intermittent, and takes place ateach movement of the reverse-shaft or shipping-rod D.

On the right-hand end of the screw-shaft 48 is a pinion, 49, gearingwith an intermediate toothed wheel,50, which meshes with the spurwheel51, whose hollow or tubular hub takes its bearing in a stand or bracket,52. The intermediate 50 is journaled on a hanger, 53, steadied and heldin place by encircling at its upper end the shaft 1-8 and at its lowerend the tubular hub of the spur-wheel 51. On the hub of the spur-wheelis loosely mounted the oscillating pawl-lever 54, carrying a hingedpawl, 55, Fig. 11, which when the lever is moved in the proper directionengages and gives a movement of partial rotation to the spur-wheel 51,which movement through the gears 50 and 49 will turn the screw-shalt 48,and consequently move the belt-fork thereon.

The pawl-lever is actuated thus to move in the following way, referringmore particularly to Figs. 12 to 1.8, inclusive: On the right-hand endof the shaft of the upper cone-drum, 4, Fig. 1, is a pinion, 56, whichengages and continuously rotates (when the machine is in action) aspur-wheel, 57, which is fast on a tubular shaft, 58, supported in asuitable sleevebearing, 59, in the frame of the machine, which shaft onits opposite end carries a sprocketwheel, 60. Loose within the tubularshaft 58 is an arbor, 61, on which is fixed a disk, 62. This disk on itsinner face, or face next to the wheel, carries in a dovetailed groove orway, 62, a slide, 63, slotted at its center, so as to straddle the shafton which the disk is mounted, the slot being of sufficient-length toallow the needed range of movement to the, slide. From the inner lowerportion of the face ofthe slide 63 projects a pin, 65, which extendsinwardly past the sprocket-wheel into a camgroove, 66, formed in atubular shell or case, 67, which is on the sleeve-bearing 59 andsurrounds the sprocket-wheel. \Vhen the slide is in its lowest position,the pin is below the sprocket-Wheel, as seen in Fig. 12, and in thisposition the disk 62 is unaffected by the motion of the sprocket-wheel.\Vhen, however, the slide is raised far enough to engage the pin withthe sprocket-wheel,the disk 62 manifestly will rotate with the latter,the arrangement being such that the disk will make one full revolutionand will then stop by reason of the disengagement of the pin from thesprocketwheel, which is brought about by the shape of the cam-groove 66,into which the inner end of the pin projects.

The lifting of the slide at predetermined and appropriate times to throwthe pin into engagcment with the sprocket-wheel is effected by a pivotedlever, 68, which by a rod, 69, is connected to the trip-lever 70,pivoted in a suitable stand, 71, and having its free end arranged to beacted on by a double incline, 72, on the reverse-shaft D. The levernormally stands in the position indicated in Fig. 12. When the reverseshaft D is thrown in one direction or the other by its actuatingspring,the incline 72 tilts the trip-lever, with the effect of raising the freeend of the upper lever, 68, and consequently throwing the slide intoengagement with the sprocketwheel. Having done this, the lever at oncereturns to the position shown in Fig. 12. Thus at each movement of thereverse-shaft the disk 62 will be caused to make one revolution, andsaid movement isavailed of to drive the pawl-lever 54. This is effected,as seen more plainly in Figs. 1, 11, and '12, byjointiug to thepawllever a eonuectingrod, 78, the upper end of which is hung upon asleeve, 74, on a wrist or crank pin, 74:, on the outer face of the disk62.

In winding bobbins of differentsized yarnsc. 9., one-hank bobbins,two-hank bobbins, &c.-it becomes necessary to vary the length of theintermittent movement of the belt-fork to correspond therewith. Inwinding a fine yarn,for instance, the intermittent movements of thebelt-fork should be of less length than when winding a coarse yarn. Oneconvenient way of making provision for this is to arrange the crank orwrist pin 74 so that it may be adjusted nearer to or farther from thecenter or axis of motion of the disk 62. The farther the crank-pin isremoved from this point the greater will be the throw of the pawllcver,and consequently the greater will be the length ofthe intermittentmovement of the belt-fork. To this end I in the present in stance formthe crank-pin as a bolt, whose head 75 is contained in a radial undercutor flanged groove, 76, in the outer face of the disk 62, and 011 theouter screw-threaded end of said bolt, beyond the point where theconnecting-rod 73 is mounted 011 the same, is a nut, 77, by looseningand tightening which the bolt can be free for purposes of adjustment,and can then be bound firmly in its adjusted position. In this way Iactuate the belt-fork positively but intermittently by gearing, so as toinsure most accurate and reliable action, which is a desideratnm inmachinery of this character especially, and I am at the same timeenabled to regulate and vary said movement of the belt-fork within allneeded limits with entire precision and case.

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by which the reverse-shaft is retained in position while one or theother of its springs is being compressed,and is then at predeterminedtimes or intervals, which necessarily vary with the progress of the workof building up the bobbins, released,so that it may be free to movelongitudinally the proper distance in the direction in which the springso compressed tends to force it, and in the description of this portionof the machine reference may be had more particularly to Figs. 1 and 7to 11, iiiclusive, of the drawings.

The view in Fig. 7 is taken looking at the parts from the side on whichthe shaft D (see Fig. 11) lies. The opposite side of the same is shownin Fig. 1.

The retaining ofthe reverse-shaft D in either one of the two positionsto which it is moved by its actuating-springs 46 47 is effected by theangle or elbow lever F, hereinbefore termed by me the flap-lever. Thislever is hung on a suitable vertical pivot, 66, on the base or lowerpart of the machine. One of the arms of this lever is forked, so as tostraddle the shaft D and to extend between two collars, I), thereon.(The hub of the lever and a part of one of its arms are shown in Fig.1.) The other and longer arm of the lever has on its upperface a rib, c,on which fits and is adapted to slide a wedge shaped or tapereddetentblock, d, which is held in adjusted position thereon byaset-screw,e. Thelength of throw of the shaft D is invariable, so that theflaplever when at rest always occupies one of two positions, shown,respectively, in full and in dotted lines in Fig. 9.

' Mounted upon a suitable stationary bed, G, is the carrier H, which isheld and adapted to slide longitudinally upon said bed. On the upperface of the carrier is a rack,f, which engages a pinion, h. This pinionis fixed on a shaft mounted in a proper bearing on the frame of themachine, and having at its other end a beveled gear, t, which mesheswith a like gear,

5 j, on the rack-shaft O, which raises and lowers the spindles. In thisway the slide is actuated to move back and forth on its bed, followingthe reversals of movement of shaft 0.

Upon the front side of the sliding carrier H is mounted in suitablebearings a rotatable right-and-left screw-shaft, I, one end of whichextends through the tubular hub of the spurwheel 51, and is connectedthereto by a longitudinal spline-and-groove connection, so that while itin following the reciprocating movement of carrier H may move back andforth in the tubular hub it at the same time will partake of theintermittent rotary movement of the latter, due to the action of thepawl-lever 54. Upon the front side of the carrier H are two dogs, is,which may be called the detentdogs, held and adapted to slide on thesaid carrier and mounted on the shaft I-one on the right screw and oneon the left screw of said shaft, so that said dogs will be caused toapproach or rccede from one another, according to the direction in whichthe shaft is rotated. The lower ends of these dogs extend down farenough, as seen more plainly in Fig. 11, to come opposite the inclinedside faces of the detentblock d, and the inclination of these side facesis such and the parts are generally so arranged and placed that one orthe other of said inclined faces will be brought into parallelism withthe depending ends of the detent-dogs, and that said dogs will infollowing the reciprocating movement of the carrier travel along and incontact with one or the other of said faces. The range of the movementof the carrier is such that at either extreme of its movement the dogswill be carried beyond the block (I, and according to the distance whichseparates the dogs they will contact with and control for acorresponding longer or shorter period the detent-block, andconsequently the flap-lever.

This being the organization of parts, the operation is as follows, theparts being appropriately positioned and timed for the purpose: Thedetent-dogs at the outset are preliminarily set apart the greatestdistance required for the work, this being accomplished by lifting thepawl 55 out of engagement with the wheel 51 and then turning the latterby hand in the requisite direction and to the requisite extent, with theeffect also of properly setting at the same time the shipper-fork of thecone-drums. The operation last named, however, can be performedindependently by removing or unkeying temporarily the intermediate 50and then rotating the shaft 48 by hand. When the machine starts, thespindle-rail, actuated from the shaft 0, moves the proper distanceupwardly. During this time the appropriate spring on the reverse-shaft Dis being compressed, but the rod itself is held immovable by thedetent-dogs, which bear against the detentblock, and thus lock theflap-lever in position against the stress of the compressed spring. Thiscontinues until the dogs clear or pass beyond the detentblock. As soonas this takes place,the reverse-shaft D isimmediately movedlongitudinally by its compressed spring. In its movement it throws thepawl-lever, adjusts the belt-fork, and, through the shipping-lever 3435, reverses the rotation of shaft 0. At the same time the rotation ofthe spur-wheel 51, due to the action of the pawl-lever, has rotated theright-and-left screw-shaft I in a direction to bring the dogs nearertogether, the extent of this movement of the dogs being commensuratewith and determined by the throw of the pawl-lever, and thus perfectcorrespondence between the adjustments of the belt-fork and thedetent-dogs is secured, both being governed by and dependent upon thesame comm on instrumentality-to wit, the pawl-leveror, in other words,the spur-wheel 51, actuated by said lever. By said movement of thereverse-shaft the flap-lever has also been brought to appropriateposition for the other inclined face of its detent-block to meet andco-operate with the detent-dogs during the return movement of thecarrier. The same series of operation now takes place in the oppositedirection, and so on, the detent-dogs at each movement of thereverse-shaft being caused to approach one another, so as to graduallyshorten the intervals between said movements. In this way I obtain apositive and sure lock for the reverse-shaft during the time in which itshould be held immovable, and at the expiration of that time effect thecertain and instantaneous release of said shaft. By the use ofdetent-dogs adjusted in the manner indicated I am enabled to regulateand vary with the utmost nicety and precision the throw of thereverse-shaft to accord with the varying'conditions which obtain duringthe operation of building up the bobbins.

With respect to the shipper-fork for the cone-belt and itsactuating-gearing, I remark that the sprocket-wheel and slide-pinvirtually constitute a clutch by which said gearing, intermittently atstated times and for definite periods only, is connected to the shaft bywhich said gearing is driven during said periods. The form of clutchshown is that which, on the whole, I deem to be most convenient and bestadapted for the purpose. Obviously, however, other forms of clutch mightbe substituted for the one shown without departure from my invention.So, also, the construction and arrangement of the detent mechanism forthe reverse-shaft, the pawl-lever and its adjustment, &c., can varyconsiderably without essentially departing from the principle of myinvention. I therefore do not restrict myself to the particular detailshereinbefore shown and described; but,

Having described my improvements and the best way at present known to meof carrying the same into practical effect, what I claim herein as newand of my own invention is- 1. The pivoted pawl-lever and devices foroscillating the same, in combination with the gearing operated by saidpawl-lever, the conebelt shipper-fork connected to and actuated by saidgearing,thcdriving-shaft, and clutch mechanism whereby thepawl-lever-actuating devices are intermittently caused to engage saiddriving-shaft at the times and in the manner substantially ashereinbefore set forth.

2. The pivoted pawl-lever and means for varying and adjusting the throwof the same, in combination with the gearing operated by saidpawl-lever, the shipper-fork connected to and moved by said gearing, thedriving-shaft, the pawl-lever-actuating devices, and clutch mechanismwhereby the said pawl-lever-actuating devices are caused tointermittently engage said driving-shaft at the times and in the mannersubstantially as hereinbefore set forth.

3. The combination of the intermittently-reciprocating reVerseshaft, thepower-driven continuously-rotating sprocket-wheel, the disk providedwith a slide pin to engage said sprocket-wheel, and thetrip-lever systemactuated from said reverse-shaft to raise said slidepin into engagementwith the sprocket-wheel at the times and in the manner substantially ashereinbefore set forth.

4. The spring-operated reverse-shaft, the flap-lever, and thedetent-block mounted on and carried by said lever, in combination withthe detent-dogs and the reciprocating carrier, whereby said dogs arebrought alte'rnatelyinto and out of engagement with said detent-block,substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

5. The reciprocatory carrier, the detent-dogs adj ustably mountedthereon, and mechanism, substantially as described, whereby at eachtraverse of the carrier said dogs are brought nearer together, incombination with the spring-operated reverse-shaft, the flap-lever, andthe detent-block on said lever, substantially as and for the purposeshereinbel'ore set forth.

6. The combination, with the flap-lever, its detent-block,and thespringoperated reverseshaft, of the reciprocating carrier, therightand-left screw-shaft carried by the same, the detent-dogs mountedon said shaft,and mechanism whereby at each traverse of the carrier saidshaft is rotated in a directionto cause the said dogs to approach eachother, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

.7. The combination, with the intermittentlyoperated gearing by whichthe conebelt shipper-fork is actuated, of the reciprocating dogcarrier,the detent-dogs,and the right-and-left screw-shaft on which the dogs aremounted, said shaft being supported by and moving with the carrier, andhaving an extended end which enters and is adapted to slide back andforth in the hub of one of the wheels of said gearing, and is connectedtherewith by a longitudinal spline-and groove connection, substantiallyas and for the purposes hereinbef ore set forth.

8. The combination of the cone-drums, the cone-drum belt, theshipper-fork therefor, the intermittently-moving gearing by which saidfork is positively actuated, the spring-operated reverse-shaft, theflap-lever and its detentblock, the reciprocatory dog-carrier, thedctent-dogs, and the right-and-left screw-shaft on which said dogs aremounted, these elements being arranged and connected together for jointoperation and timed in their movements relatively to one another,substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I havehereunto set my hand this 24th day ofDecember, 1885.

JAMES C. POTTER.

Witnesses:

A. T. Arnnnron, E. E. RIrLuY.

